De kunst van het worden - film

Did you know only 13% of art currently on display in Dutch museums was made by female artists? A portrait documentary series giving three artists from different generations a stage to talk about their work, identity and struggles.

Men and women are still not equal in our society, and in the arts this is unfortunately no different. With this feminist documentary series I am hoping to start a trend of giving more attention to the amazing female artists out there. Even today, only 13% of the art in our biggest museums is made by women (research by MamaCash, Pauline Salet and Astrid Kerchman), and the documentation of women that were active in our history as artists has been lacking, so we don't learn about Picasso's, Van Goghs and Karel Appel's female counterparts in school. If she can't see it, she can't be it: better representation is key. Hopefully this documentary series can be a first step to represent and showcase more female artists.

This project was made for feminist platform Het Lief Dagboek and will be released in November via their streaming platform as a webshow. ​​​​​​​